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Summary
Name
YAML
Version
Other names
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/818
Family
Classification
Disclosure
Description
YAML is data serialisation format which uses a text file organised in a human-readable form. YAML can be used with several platforms of programming languages such as C, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Javascript and others.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats
None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by
None.
Supported by
None.
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date
11 Dec 2015
Source description
http://yaml.org/
Last updated
16 Oct 2021
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